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beren
02-05-2009, 05:39 PM
Gday....had a go at capturing the southern pinwheel last night :) I used a ST4000xcm ccd and a Celestron C9.25 at F/10 to grab 10x15min lights with 20 darks and flats/bias frames. Nice night, starting to get colder, also good to use the Black Cat for those smaller targets. Cheers for looking :thumbsup:


Bona sera

astroron
02-05-2009, 05:48 PM
Very nice indeed:)
"Love it":thumbsup:

dpastern
02-05-2009, 06:03 PM
Looks pretty good to my eyes :-)

Dave

peter_4059
02-05-2009, 06:22 PM
Looks good - great colours and detail. The 10min exposures sure paid off in terms of capturing the outer arms.

Perhaps a tad too sharp for me.

Peter

Kevnool
02-05-2009, 06:28 PM
What an amazing capture.
Best detail in there.
Very worthy contender.
Cheers Kev.

iceman
02-05-2009, 06:32 PM
Lovely image, Stuart. Perhaps a tad too stretched bringing some background noise up, but I love the galaxy itself.

Nice work!

Dennis
02-05-2009, 07:16 PM
Hi Stuart

That is a fabulous image. You’ve certainly got your rig under control to produce such a lovely portrait at F10 with the C9.25; I’d love to see the 2000x2000 pixel version!

Cheers

Dennis

Hagar
02-05-2009, 07:19 PM
Lovely Stuart. The fine detail and colour are truely beautiful.

Well done.

Alchemy
02-05-2009, 07:35 PM
the galaxy is looking swisho, nice long exposures ...good stuff

beren
03-05-2009, 05:17 AM
:thumbsup: Thanks very much for the feedback fellas......replaced the original with another sample with some slight smoothing to reduce the noisy perimeter of the galaxy :doh:

multiweb
03-05-2009, 10:39 AM
WOW! :eyepop: Amazing. Makes you want to see more. Got a high-res anywhere? Pleeaaase :lol:

RB
04-05-2009, 10:57 AM
Wow, a lovely image there Stuart, well done mate.
Rich colours and nice tight stars for 15 min subs !!!

Well done, the ST4000xcm and C9.25 look like a great combo.

:thumbsup:

jjjnettie
04-05-2009, 11:16 AM
Just beautiful.